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REALITY TV star Abby Lee Miller has been jailed for a year and a day after hiding almost £600,000 in earnings from the U.S. government.The Dance Moms celebrity told the court she was a "laughing stock" as she was sentenced for bankruptcy fraud and for taking £100,000 worth of Australian currency into the country without reporting it.A federal judge also ordered Miller to pay a £30,942 fine and spend two years on probation following her release.Miller pleaded guilty in both cases last year, claiming her new found fame led to her being charged with fraud.She said: "Dance Moms became a hit and I became the laughing stock of reality TV."Before she was sentenced, Miller read out a statement in court, which said: "I'm certainly ashamed to be meeting you for the first time in this manner."I wish you could take my class or come to one of my events and see how much I love this."I didn't realise when you apply for bankruptcy it's like signing up for more … [Read more...] about Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller jailed over fraud charges after hiding £600,000 in earnings

KIM Kardashian’s bodyguard filed for bankruptcy for his German security firm just 10 weeks before the reality star fell victim to an £8.5million heist.Pascal Duvier, 43, who was in a nightclub with Kim’s sisters Kourtney and Kendall at the time of the attack, lodged a claim for insolvency at Heidelberg administrative court on July 22.The bodyguard’s firm, ProtectSecurity, has run security for a number of stars, from Kim’s husband Kanye West, to the Black Eyed Peas.His business has racked up debts totalling €1,093,518 (£961,296).In an interview with the MailOnline, Duvier’s insolvency lawyer revealed: “There is so much debt. There are many claimants."I cannot say the exact number. Lots.”The company’s “inability to pay any debts” means a lawyer has been appointed by the court to examine all its finances.Claimants who say the company owes them money had until September 16 to file any outstanding claims.The court … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian’s security Pascal Duvier filed for company bankruptcy just 10 weeks ago — with eye-watering debts of nearly £1million

IDRIS Elba’s secret second wife is today revealed as a US lawyer who ended the marriage after just four months.Sonya Hamlin, now 44, claimed she was drunk when she and the Luther star wed at a Vegas chapel.The pair had a whirlwind romance and a friend said: “It’s a heartbreak story. She cared about him and when they broke up it tore her up.”Idris, 43, had just finished his role as Stringer Bell in The Wire in 2005 when they were introduced by his manager, a college pal of Sonya. After living together in Maryland, they chose to marry at the Little White Wedding Chapel on April 9, 2006.A source at the chapel said: “I remember Idris. They were both very nice, not intoxicated or nothing crazy like that. They arrived at 5-6pm. “I recognised him because my brother’s a fan of The Wire. “They were having a lot of fun. The person checking them in was joking about them marrying in Vegas and Idris was giving it back.” Estate agent … [Read more...] about REVEALED: Idris Elba’s secret second wife is US lawyer who ended their marriage after 4months

EVEN before he became President of the United States Donald Trump was one of the world’s most publicised and colourful billionaires.As £450million was wiped off his personal fortune, here’s what you need to know about how the TV star and the property mogul made his money.Donald Trump was born in June 1946, the fourth child of real estate tycoon Fred Trump.The Trump family was wealthy and lived in a mansion in the Queens area of New York.As a 13-year-old, Donald Trump was sent to a military academy after he started misbehaving at school.President Trump, now 71, boasts that he made money “the good old-fashioned way” but he first got into real estate with a “small” $1million loan from his father and helped manage the family’s housing portfolio in the New York area.He took control of the company in 1971 and renamed it the Trump Organisation – shifting from residential sales in Brooklyn and Queens to swanky projects in Manhattan.The … [Read more...] about What is Donald Trump’s net worth, how old is he, how many wives has he had, who are his children and where is he from?

KIM Kardashian was surrounded by her family when she left her New York apartment just three days after a gun was held to her head in Paris during a terrifying raid. Fully flanked by security guards, the reality star, 35, kept her face shielded from cameras in a grey hoodie and baseball cap as she exited the building with daughter North West, three.Husband Kanye West followed shortly after with the pair's 10-month-old son Saint in his arms, before the young family disappeared into a waiting car.The star didn't look up as she made her way through the media storm.Kim's bodyguard has also been snapped arriving at the reality TV star's New York flat - brushing aside rumours he had been given the sack.Pascal Duvier had earlier deleted any reference to Kardashian from his social media account.It led to speculation he had been given the boot after Monday's armed raid on Kim's Paris flat.But the 6ft 4ins minder - dressed all in black - was pictured … [Read more...] about Hooded Kim Kardashian pictured leaving Kanye’s apartment after having gun held to her head during terrifying Paris robbery

I was quite daunted when I scanned the list of hundreds of authors scheduled to perform in various functions at this year's Leipzig Book Fair. Once regarded as a very poor relative of international publishing's main schmooze-a-thon in Frankfurt in autumn, Leipzig - as the fair is known for short - has developed into a sprawling springtime fun fair that encompasses five days and pretty much the entire city. Where to go and whom to listen to? A reading by Clemens Meyer, that was a must. The former youth prison inmate, forklift driver and construction worker is anything but your stereotypical ponderous, humorless, pretentious German author, and it's a shame that the English translation of his works haven't found more readers. But who else? When it comes to books, I'll give pretty much any genre a whirl, but I will not abide being bored by would-be wordsmiths who think that plot and characters are optional and that the essence of style is being difficult to read. So I asked people I knew … [Read more...] about Money, Mumbai, Marathons: 3 tips for the Leipzig Book Fair

Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's trial was postponed after only a few hours Wednesday because one of the defense lawyers fell ill. No date was set for the trial's resumption.Khodorkovsky's Toronto-based lawyer Robert Amsterdam was convinced his client would be convicted. "I'm expecting nothing more than I have seen in the past. This is a country which destroys its finest company while its senior members languish in jail illegally," he told journalists. "The final verdict? Guilty!" Amsterdam said. If convicted, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, who are both pleading not guilty, could each be sentenced to up to ten years in jail. Khodorkovsky has been held in pre-trial detention since October; Lebedev since July. The case is widely viewed as the most important trial since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Khodorkovsky's supporters say he has been targeted because he criticized President Vladimir Putin's policies and indicated he might run for president in 2008. Putin deflects … [Read more...] about Russia’s Wealthiest Man Goes on Trial

He was nice, sociable, communicative and open-minded. There was nothing about him that hinted at a future as a violent criminal. That's how a former schoolmate described Abdelhamid Abaaoud (pictured above), the ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks. Back in the late 1990s, they were classmates at College Saint-Pierre in Brussels. "He was one of us. He was not ostracized; no one treated him in a racist manner," recalled the classmate in an interview with the Belgian newspaper "Sudinfo." "He liked horsing around, flirting with the girls and playing soccer." Abaaoud could have led a completely normal, perhaps even successful life. His parents would have liked that - they had sent him to a posh school, one where even wealthy Belgians enroll their children. The young man evidently felt comfortable there, as seen in a 1999 class photo. He spent 12 years there as a seemingly harmless and friendly person. 'Nasty piece of work' But then he changed: He started bullying his classmates and … [Read more...] about ‘Allah has chosen me’: profile of the Paris attackers

A report from an inquiry reveals that least 35 male students were subject to sexual abuse at a school in the western German city of Darmstadt between 1961 and 1994. This number is in addition to presumed 130 cases at another school in the region, the infamous Odenwaldschule. The teacher, who for decades had abused the children at these schools, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2005 in 15 counts of abuse but died in 2008. The full extent of the teacher's series of assaults is only beginning to emerge, with strong indications of the school districts having played a role in a cover-up. 'Symbolic' compensation for decades of abuse The undersecretary of the state of Hesse in charge of the state's Ministry of Education and Culture, Manuel Lösel, commented that the report documented "unspeakable acts." "I am angry and speechless," Lösel said, promising to pay 10,000 euros ($11,000) to each victim as a "symbolic" compensation for pain and suffering. Lösel also … [Read more...] about More sexual abuse victims at schools in Hesse

True to his contentious reputation, David Friedman was only narrowly approved by the US Senate on Thursday as the country's new ambassador to Israel. The confirmation saw senators vote almost exclusively along party lines, with only two democrats, Senators Robert Menendez and Joe Manchin, siding with Republicans in approving Friedman's nomination. The final vote was 52 to 46, an usually close result, as for decades Democrats and Republicans have without objection approved the president's nominee for Israel ambassador, either through unanimous consent or voice votes. However, Friedman is not like other US envoys. A former bankruptcy lawyer and long-time friend of US President Donald Trump, the ambassadorship will be Friedman's first ever diplomatic role. Nevertheless, his politics are well known and align firmly with the Israeli right. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the appointment on Twitter, saying that Friedman "will be warmly welcomed as President Trump's … [Read more...] about US Senate confirms Trump’s contentious pick for Israel ambassador